DevOps Architect

GeekSoft Consulting; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A challenging, innovating environment

Opportunities for learning

Job summary

A technology consultancy in Amsterdam is seeking a Mid-Senior Level Specialist to design and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitLab. You will improve the clients' online platform, standardize solutions across multiple vendors, and be at the forefront of telecom automation projects. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience with GitLab and strong skills in CI/CD design. This role offers full-time employment in a challenging and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing CI/CD pipelines with understanding of dependencies.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD and creating custom workflows.
• Solid understanding of CNF lifecycle management and vendor standardization.

Responsibilities

• Help design, build, and improve the client's online platform.
• Document and track prerequisites and dependencies for use cases.
• Influence and design core automation architecture.
• Be a productive member of the team.

Skills

CI/CD pipeline design

GitLab CI/CD

GitOps practices

Ansible

Jenkins

Jenkins

Argo CD

Automation frameworks

Tools

GitLab

JFrog

Qualys

SonarQube

Job description

Responsibilities

• Help design, build and continuously improve the clients online platform.
• Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices/standards.
• Take responsibility for the resiliency and availability of different products.
• Be a productive member of the team.

Requirements

• Serve as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for CI/CD design — taking high-level requirements and architecture to deliver detailed High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD).
• Design comprehensive CI/CD pipeline workflows in GitLab, including stages for pre-checks, post-checks, failure handling, and automated tasks.
• Standardize pipeline designs across multiple CNF vendors (e.g., Ericsson, Nokia, Openet, Titanium), consolidating their varied solutions into a unified approach.
• Document and track all prerequisites, dependencies, and preconditions for each use case.
• Convert technical conditions and requirements into actionable user stories for implementation.
• Proven experience designing CI/CD pipelines with detailed understanding of dependencies and prerequisites.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, including creating custom stages, jobs, and workflows.
• Proficient in CI/CD toolchains: GitLab, Git Repos, JFrog.
• Experience integrating security and quality tools in pipelines: Qualys, Vault, SonarQube, etc.
• Skilled in using GitLab REST APIs for integrations with orchestration and automation frameworks.
• Solid understanding of mobile core CNF lifecycle management, including components such as PaCo-CMM, CMG, IMS (UDM, PCRF).
• Experience working with multiple vendors and standardizing across heterogeneous CNF environments.
• Familiarity with operating and troubleshooting GitLab-based pipelines.
• Experience integrating with automation frameworks like Ansible, Jenkins.
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools like Argo CD.
• Work on cutting-edge telecom automation projects.
• Collaborate with industry-leading CNF vendors.
• Influence and design core automation architecture.
• Be at the center of CI/CD transformation in telco cloud environments.

Benefits

• A challenging, innovating environment.
• Opportunities for learning where needed.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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